FALCONER 2018FALCONER 2018--2019 2019 Burlington Township High School

March 1, 2019

Volume 24, Issue 24

Table of Contents:

Lates/Tardy Page: 2

RCBC Page 3

Box Top Page 4

Sports Page 5-6

Falcobots Club Page 7

Absences:

Students are permitted 6 Unauthorized Absences

per a semester course, 3 from a quarter course,

and 12 from a fully year course without penalty

and potential impact on grades and credits earned

for all classes.

For each authorized absences in a course beyond

the allotted days, students will lost credit for any

assessments conducted that day. The student is

responsible for any information that was missed

on these days, even though credit will not be

awarded.

Tardiness:

A. 1st and 2nd Offenses—Teacher Warning

B. 3rd and 4th Offense—Teacher phone call

to parent/guardian

C. 5th Offenses and all subsequent lateness

will be referred to the VP.

Seniors who are chronically late to school and

are parking on property will receive the fol-

lowing consequences:

A. 10th late to school—1 week suspension

of parking

B. B. 15th late to school—2 weeks suspen-

sion of parking

C. C. 19th late to school—loss of parking

spot for remainder of school year.

Lattes are cumulative for the school year, not

based on semesters.

RCBC CAP paperwork for 2nd Semester Courses has been sent

home to all parents. If you did not receive this

information in the mail, please have your

son/daughter stop down to the Guidance Office and pick up

another copy.

BOX TOPS NEEDED ASAP

PLEASE BRING YOUR BOX TOPS TO ROOM

D16, D12, OR THE HOPKINS MAIN OFFICE

POINTS WILL BE AWARDED TO BLACK & GOLD

TEAMS ACCORDING TO PARTICIPATION

ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT CHARITY

SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

Boys Wrestling Congratulations to the following wrestlers who both quali-fied for the State Tourna-ment in Atlantic City this week. Craig Cook won the Region 6 Championship and improved his record to 39-0. Michael Limone took 3rd Place in the Region and improved his record to 28-3.

Girls Basketball Even though our Girls Basketball Teams sea-son ended last night, Tues. Feb. 26th, some-thing remarkable did happen. Senior Erin McGlew made 2 three pointers giving her at least one in every game this entire season. No other girls basketball player in the coun-try accomplished this feat. Erin finished the season with 58 three pointers and ranked second in the county. Amazing job Erin and great season Lady Falcons we are proud of you!!!

Boys Track Great things hap-pened at this past weekend Meet of Champs… Congratu-lations to Donovan Wright for running a new PR in the 400meter with a

time of 51.99 placing him 21st in the state and for placing 18th in the state in the 55m Hurdles.

Girls Shot Put Gianna Abbruzzese also gained a new PR

with a throw of 37’0.5 in the Shot Put and placed 17th in the state. Zhanye Vines threw 35’8 in

the Shot Put and placed 22nd in the state.

Fantastic Finish to the Winter Track Season.

Boys Basketball Our Boys Basketball won over Somerville 64-58 on Tuesday, Feb. 26th. Wesley Robinson (18 points), Mar-cus Moore (15) and Em-manuel Ayetigbo (12) all hit double-digit to send the Falcons to the second round in the Central Jersey Group 3 Tournament. Coach Derry wants to thank all the fans who came out and supported the boys—the atmosphere was incredible! Go Falcons!!

Boys Basketball

CONGRATULATIONS to the Boys Basketball Team as they beat Matawan on Thursday, Feb. 28th 66-37 to advance to the sectional semifinals. Wesley Robinson scored 19 points as the Burlington Township Boys Basketball Team upset Matawan in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 3 Tournament.. JohnPaul Oluwadare netted 13 points and Emmanuel Ayetigbo had 10 for the sixth-seeded Falcons, who didn’t waste anytime putting pressure on third-seeded Matawan, resulting in a comfortable 28-16 head at halftime.

The offense stayed hot through the rest of the game, scoring 38 points in the second half, with contributions from Jalen Brown (8 points), Marcus Moore (7 points) and Josiah Scar-lett (4 points). The Falcons took advantage of their frequent rips to the free throw line, scoring 21 of their points form the stripe.

The team will visit No. 2 Neptune High School in the Semifinal Round on Saturday, March 2nd at 1:00pm.

Girls Basketball The Girls Basketball Team had three players recognized by the BCSL. Sophomore Jaylyn James was named a Patriot Division 1st Team All Star. Sophomore Kalyn Byrd and Senior Erin McGlew were both named Patri-ot Division 2nd Team All Stars.

CONGRATS LADIES!!!!!

Congrats, to Coach Williams, for surpassing the 100th Victory Mile-

stone this season. He currently has 106 Wins as the Girls Basket-

ball Head Coach.

Burlington Township High School

5457 Falcobots

You are invited to watch us compete at Hatboro Horsham High School on Saturday

and Sunday, March 2 and 3. The event is FREE and open to the public.

The Falcobots will be competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition DESTINATION: DEEP SPACE against about 35 other ro-

botics teams. Please come out and cheer on the Falcobots. The team will be

competing in 12 qualification rounds. You can come and go as you please. See the weekend schedule below. There is

food for sale at the event.

For more information and to watch a live stream of the event, visit www.midatlanticrobotics.com.

SATURDAY Opening Ceremonies ~ 10:30 am Qualification Rounds ~ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm SUNDAY Qualification Rounds Resume ~ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Elimination Rounds ~ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm *All times subject to change